Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Melanyushka]

I do this in two multicooker

in 2x I also do, but I want to do everything together and in one fell swoop and in parallel to do other things. but busssaaa without supper leave the family with their laziness.
Melanyushka, Lyuba! so in the cartoon stomachs have time to cook together with buckwheat? it's very fast .. probably 40 minutes max. and pour water 1 to 2?
I don't have pots, or put everything in a slow bowl .. or cook separately in 2 pots. Well, or in the oven to do in a glass pot

or throw everything into the slow bowl ..

I would do this: cut the ventricles into thin slices, put them in a slow bowl, add salt, pepper, sprinkle with balsamic vinegar (though white or red, buckwheat suffers), let it marinate, while I clean and cut the onion, wash the buckwheat

then onion on the ventricles, buckwheat on top, water - how much you need (what kind of porridge you want - loose or not) and for a high hour for 3

Vika, yes, water is 1k2, sometimes I will add a little more water, literally 1-2 tables. spoons, when it intuitively seems that buckwheat is dryish, it is simply stronger toasted, and when it is pale, then ordinary cartoon. there are enough glasses at the rate. Well, I throw a couple of handfuls of vegetables to the buckwheat, apparently, they also give up moisture when cooking. You have to try and find the best option for yourself.

[Irina]

Irina, Love, Thank you so much! I will do it. as you advise!

Vika, I made buckwheat in a slow cooker 1: 2
6 o'clock on low, fluffy, good, but if the ventricles give juice, it would not become liquid.
In Panasonic, there is still a sensor program, for evaporation, if I'm not mistaken

[Oksana]

Oksana, Aha! in Panas there is such a function ... and I will also have juice from onions
Okay, I went to put it and I’ll leave for a couple of hours on business.

[Svetlana777]

WOW!
What a funky Hercules I got!
I mixed cereal with milk in a broth cup, put it on HAY, in a water bath, in a bowl with a volume of 4.5 liters, in the morning, and after 3.5-4 hours, I got a wonderful miracle for lunch.
It tastes like oatmeal, the texture is thick, soft, the flakes are barely felt.
Naturally, no crust on top, no milk sprout, and the purest slow-cooker bowl since the bowl is white.

But what are the walls of the bowl, when cooking milk rolled oats directly in the bowl, without a water bath.

Added Wednesday 08 Mar 2017 6:54 pm

And from a 1 liter slowcooker, MAMAN, oatmeal ran over the edge, inside under an iron saucer on a spring, which is on HI and on Low.
In the rest there was about the same picture as in the photo, nothing ran out of 2.5 liters or more.

Posted Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 11:43

Svetlana777, well, manual mode is just an example because it is the most versatile. and so, you see, a water bath can be arranged in many multicooker modes.
in mdv, too, you can arrange, if you wish, but why in ker. put the jars in the bowl ...? ... although, for portions and ease of maintenance, perhaps ...?
especially since there is a mdv based on the principle of a water bath ...
you want a round pot, you want an oval one ...

and

if you want one pot, you want three ...

Nice looks and delicate colors are definitely a big plus over the dark, black and steel models from Europe.
But the unreadable menu and instructions in hieroglyphs are a huge minus.
At least stickers were made with Russian text, and clear instructions, of course.

Posted Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 11:46 AM

Why is there no glass top cover on the two lower models?

Posted Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 11:48 AM

In the middle photo, the container looks like plastic with holes, what kind of device is it?

Added Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 3:52 pm

Here is a small piece of turkey fillet, very tasty and well cut.
Recipe on the main

[Auto]

Some models of slow cookers have a Auto, which, after turning on the slow cooker, brings the dish to a boil in High mode, and then automatically switches the slow cooker to Low mode, in which the dish is brought to condition.

Added Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 06:21 PM

And from a 1 liter slowcooker, MAMAN, oatmeal ran over the edge, inside under an iron saucer on a spring, which is on HI what is on Low

* warming up * does not run

these are such nimble slow cooks, whose power does not match the displacement

I chose a baby for myself:

Andrew James 1.5 Liter Premium Slow Cooker with Tempered Glass Lid, Removable Ceramic Inner Bowl and Three Temperature Settings

Settings

HIGH - Heats to 95˚C, food will bubble and simmer and cook more quickly. Great if you can’t wait too long for a tender and tasty meal.
LOW - Heats to 85˚C, food will cook on a low simmer and will need to cook for longer. Use this setting to cook all day while you’re out and about.
AUTO - Cooks on high for 4 hours, before switching to low and keeping food hot until you’re ready. Ideal for frozen food or other foods which need to be cooked fully before being left to stew.

Ceramics

Germans praise)

Ira, I'm translating for you especially about AUTO
Cooks on HI for 4 hours before switching to LOW and keeps food hot until you need it.
Ideal for frozen food, or other food that needs to be boiled first and then allowed to simmer.

Added Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 7:53 PM

Frozen food = frozen food

specially for you about AUTO

Thank you, I know the first part, I quoted it myself

only, Oksana, what am I talking about? - here a person puts a frozen piece of meat, for example, in a bowl, without water, turns on the AUTO mode - heating starts, the wall of the bowl is closer to the heating element than a piece of frozen, very cold meat, the bowl is already heated, but the piece is not yet = what are you believe more? the laws of physics or words, translated words,

Ideal for frozen food

of course, it is ideal if you put not frozen vegetables under this frozen meat, so that this frozen meat does not touch the bottom or the walls of the bowl, it will be wonderful meat on a vegetable pillow

auto mode = high + low

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira, can't it be that it's all about the LONG TIME of heating to Hai?
He is gaining a QUIET for 4 hours, 25 degrees per hour, this temperature, at the same time defrosting meat or vegetables and the shock is small.
And most likely ceramics are stronger there, because models with cars are always more expensive

Added Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 8:04 PM

AVTO makes milk porridge so good

here is the complete translation of the text you quoted:
Options

High heats up to 95C, the food will bubble and simmer and cook faster. It is great if you cannot wait too long for tender and tasty food.
Low heats up to 85C, food will be simmered and will need to cook for longer. Use this setting to cook all day while you are outside and around.
Auto - Cooks on high for 4 hours, before switching to low and keeping food hot until you are ready.
Ideal for frozen foods or other foods that must be fully cooked before being boiled

from which it is clear that *Ideal for frozen foods or other foods* refers generally to this unit, and not specifically to auto mode

Ira, what do you think, what are these devices with water in the photo above?
Does it look like a yoghurt maker, or a fermenter with steam holes on top?
It's hard for me to believe that these are slow cookers, here, for sure, with the translation, there may be ...

shock is obtained

there is a shock

and so - how to cook in your own slow - everyone can decide for himself, taking into account the laws of physics

I don’t like to cook frozen meat in a slow dish without water, even on a vegetable pillow - I somehow cooked it

why should I waste electricity on defrosting the same meat in a slow lid, if it defrosts much more delicately in the air, and then it warms up more evenly, and so that the top has already thawed, and there is still ice inside

if you cook broth, then it is quite possible to dip frozen bones into water, but it is better to thaw the meat, it will then cook more tenderly

Added Thursday, 09 Mar 2017 20:13

appliances with water in the photo above

these are your favorite slow cookers with a water bath

heating bowl + main bowl + water + pots

order = and there will be happiness

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira, look at the position of the English text.
For frozen food, this is only for the AUTO mode.

[Oksana]

Oksana, do not argue, or prepare your turkey ice cream without water right on the high

impressed by Chinese water pots?

[Irsha]

Irsha,
No, Ira, I'm not ready for that. I know English in such a volume, but I will definitely not take it with hieroglyphs, because they will not return it back, they will not return the money for delivery and will not give it to anyone or donate it for free with such inscriptions.
Let's wait for Redmond to respond to our wishes and start the production of slow cookers

Redmond will respond to our wishes and set up the production of slow cookers

Probably Redmond will creep his slows ... stuff a bunch of unnecessary brains into them

[Irsha]

Irsha,
But the purchase is within walking distance from the place of residence and the opportunity to inspect and communicate
And to return, if something is wrong, but with such a delivery price as that of the Chinese, a return, consider that it is impossible, I think that they also understand this ... with all the following conclusions

But the purchase is within walking distance from the place of residence and the opportunity to view and communicate everything

you Muscovites will feel and tell us, distant ones, and we’ll already try to help

[Irsha]

Irsha,
It is a pity that those who bought in Tai HANABISHI and those who received TONZE do not share the recipes for sweets and their experience of use (except for Tanyuli).
Here, HANABISHI made of healing clay regularly appear on AVITO, for the reason that those who bought buckwheat in them cannot cook well.

those who bought buckwheat in them cannot cook well

I don't understand all these passions for buckwheat, buckwheat, it is the simplest porridge - because of it, buy or sell something separately ... ladle + water + fire

A slow cooker requires attention, observation, the desire to draw conclusions, and if you want to cook. by pressing the buttons - pliiz, there are multicooker, with ... twelve auto programs

who got TONZE do not share their recipes for sweets and their experience at all

Oksana, there is nothing to share: I cook porridge in it for breakfast, but I tried to make ghee butter - it was boiling violently in all three positions, though I put half a kilo ...
I never bought there and I will not
There was a lot of waste, but what was flooded was very tasty

[Smile]

Smile,
Ekaterina, it only seems that there is nothing,
If a person just buys it, most likely for cereals, then it would be very useful to find out which porridge always comes out well, which one is better not to cook, time, proportions and which hieroglyph should be used.
Kashi is our everything
If something turns out great right away, then there are nice ones for the device, and the first few breaks, and in its attic, collect dust
IMHO, of course. e
Between my first recipe of HERCULES in a slow cooker, from which I fell in love with porridge and the first THANKS for it, about three years passed, at first they just tried to find the device.

Added Friday 10 Mar 2017 12:59 PM

Irsha,
I agree 100%,
each device is designed for its own audience.
Multivars and slow-brewers, one might say, play in different sandboxes, getting pleasure and benefit, each his own.
Regarding buckwheat, I think this is partly because it is often written on foreign forums that buckwheat bought in a Russian store, slightly fried personally, seasoned with Russian ghee and put on a LOU overnight, is like from a Russian stove. Nostalgia, in short.
I did steamed, in the bathhouse, stood for 6-7 hours, DELICIOUS.
But, my steamed one even slightly left a mark on the bowl in which it stood in the water, which means it would stick to the bowl .... or not?
That is why I ask the owners of small slow cars that they, and how they do, also want nostalgic Russian porridge
In the early winter morning, so that there is snow, bullfinches and porridge and there is a day off and sunny all day ahead. Dreaming

If something turns out great right away, then there are nice ones to the device, and the first few breaks, and in its attic, gather dust

I agree, one hundred percent I really like Atlanta because of the timer, but the size for cereals is too big, and in Tonze, with my freaky schedule, or rather, its complete absence, often stops, my husband forgets to turn off if he is not hungry
But I am in no hurry to send to the attic, I will hand over the annual ones and will definitely complete the testing of temperature regimes by the hour
And also, my husband offered to buy an electronic timer, for those who are especially forgetful and who sleep for a long time in the morning

[Smile]

Smile, Katya, there are sockets with a timer. Programmed for a certain time, and then turn off the power in the outlet. And nothing will change))
I have such

There are such

I want nostalgic Russian porridge

ah ... a cast iron ...

buckwheat porridge, like pea, with onions and lean butter, but from the oven -

[Ksarochka]

Ksarochka,
And what are they called and where to buy such sockets, I also like to sleep

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, Oksana, I bought it at an electric store that sells both bulbs and ordinary sockets. Just ask what you need a timer socket. They are also available on such electronic markets. Well, in online stores. Only there delivery will be more expensive than the outlet itself.
For example,

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Or here

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[Smile]

Smile,
Ekaterina, then please share your experiments with little Tonze, because slow-cooked buckwheat is really tastier than from my multicooker
And other cereals too. I put on a water bath in a 4.5-liter Kenwood, but I also do not refuse the thought of a small one, if only they would not take it in it. buckwheat, corn, semolina and rice in milk.
Well, Hercules, of course, so as not to run away

Added on Friday 10 March 2017 5:02 PM

Ksarochka,
Thank you, we go to Leroy, especially during the renovation

Added Friday 10 Mar 2017 5:04 pm

🔗

buckwheat porridge, like pea, with onions and lean butter, but from the oven -

Yeah, yeah, in the morning and with milk

Added Friday 10 Mar 2017 5:07 PM

Where to get so many people to eat a full Kenwood porridge? If only in the country

And with Irina's link, the cup opens

bowl

remade

I'm a ginger. I didn't copy the link properly

by the way, the bowl is a gorgeous piece, for all occasions in kitchen life, I have 3 of them

And what are they called and where to buy such sockets, I also like to sleep

I also bought this in Leroy, there are also electronic ones (though I have not used mine yet, because even my husband did not understand what it is, I found a video on YouTube showing how to use a mechanical one. In the summer, someone here advised this

[Ksarochka]

[/color ]link=topic=4286.0 date = 1489144479] there are sockets with a timer. Programmed for a certain time, and then turn off the power in the outlet. And nothing will change

KsarochkaElena, I have shown a big thank you to my husband now, they are sold very close, in a specialized store, you will only have to wait until Monday ...
strange, but this shop is open on weekends

Added Friday 10 Mar 2017 11:06 pm

Please share your experiences with little Tonze, because slow-cooked buckwheat is really tastier than from my multicooker

brendabaker, Oksana, this is so! Tired of milk and cheeses for breakfast, I decided to try buckwheat with meat in Tonze: I cut a couple of natural pork schnitzels into noodles and lightly fried in a pan with onions and carrots. Fat: 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil + 30 gr. animal (creamy). I put it in a slow dish, added 1 multi-cooker glass of buckwheat and 2 of the same glasses of water, a pinch of salt. I put it on LOU. I planned for six hours, but I stood there ... 8-10, no one knows for sure. It tasted like something! The tastiest buckwheat porridge I've ever eaten. Even the porridge made of it, with homemade stew and onions, stands modestly aside

[Smile]

Smile,
Ekaterina, this would be a separate recipe for this porridge with pork, and show which Tonze is and which hieroglyph.
In our stores, slow cookers have been out of stock for a long time, it's even strange that this is so.
This means that many will still turn their eyes to TONZE, or HANABISHI.
In the meantime, experience will be accumulated so that there is no panic and disappointment

Added Saturday 11 Mar 2017 07:02 AM

Ekaterina, what is your model, please discard the link

Added Saturday 11 Mar 2017 07:24 AM

Where can I find a translation agency to correctly translate the instructions for these models into Russian?

TONZE, or HANABISHI

that they are expensive, they are probably sold to many cheaper avito look for slows that have not taken root

still Boys sell for ridiculous money (stupid people sell)

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira, they are not even on Avito, only Shteby and Borki in this section.
Occasionally Murphy Richards or 658 Kenwood will flash, it is not known in what years purchased

that they sell them dearly

with Tao it is cheaper and there is more choice (who needs to share links to the choice of models and a link to an intermediary recommended by Elena (tsetse fly), I ordered according to her recommendation (so that delivery in Russia is cheaper, because everything is by weight there, but we have from the volume, I took a teapot for herbs, a slow-drink, a cow and a waffle iron with 4 tabs, everything came out great))

[Svetlana777]

who needs to share links to the choice of models and a link to the intermediary

Svetlana777, Svetlana, please, and me a link to the intermediary

me a link to the intermediary

Now I'll pick it up and throw it in a personal

.

Ekaterina, what is your model, please discard the link

Oksana, I don't know how to insert, sent the link in a personal.
And the recipe ... to tell the truth, in a rather large kitchen (20m), there is no free space on the tables, I am now there on bird's rights, all tables, including the dining room, are busy with seedlings, I turn on the corners to cut something .. .so lacking a light, folding ... looking for, but, alas, so far to no avail ...

Added Saturday 11 Mar 2017 12:41 PM

Yes, today I tried the same buckwheat with chicken fillets - I didn't like it ... a little dry .. .

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
Svetlana, and me, please give me a link to the intermediary and mechanical, the simplest models

Posted Saturday 11 Mar 2017 6:51 pm

Smile,
Ekaterina, I did it again today in a water bath, slightly sautéed the onion in oil and water so that the smell, salt, 1 glass of buckwheat, 2 glasses of water simply disappeared.
Top frozen mushrooms

Posted Saturday 11 Mar 2017 6:54 PM

After 6 hours at the LOU


Here is such a beauty, with a mushroom aroma.
I added cream to buckwheat, she absorbed them like blotting paper.

Posted Saturday 11 Mar 2017 6:55 PM

Tasty, the smell of mushrooms is clearly felt, but the onion has evaporated somewhere. Next time I'll put in a couple of onions, or 1 large
I added grated cheese to plates of hot porridge

Posted Saturday 11 Mar 2017 6:58 PM

There is one BUT, the walls of the bowl in which the porridge was prepared look like this

I'm afraid that if I cooked right in the bowl, it might stick to the walls.
I have a Kenwood 706, 4.5 liters.

if I cooked right in the bowl, it might stick to the walls.

Oksana, my only porridge that doesn't stick is buckwheat
And with mushrooms. it's delicious, I often did this in a slow cooker in the summer: I fried onions with mushrooms lightly, threw a can of beef stew (kubley), buckwheat, water and on the buckwheat mode, and myself in the garden ... this so that strikes are not staged ... how option, instead of buckwheat - pearl barley, also goes well, only the day before you need to soak, overnight ... There are always frozen mushrooms in the freezer ...

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777, Svetlana, please give me a link to the intermediary who sends the device for brewing herbs. Sorry to write in the wrong topic. Delivery to us with Ali costs as much as the device itself. Maybe it will be cheaper here if they are sent to us. Thank you

Oksana, I don't know how to insert, sent the link in a personal.
And the recipe ...to tell the truth, in a rather large kitchen (20m), there is no free space on the tables, I am now on bird's rights there, all tables, including the dining room, are busy with seedlings, I turn on the corners to cut something ... so there is not enough light , folding ... looking, but, alas, so far to no avail ...

Added Saturday 11 Mar 2017 12:41 PM

Yes, today I tried the same buckwheat with chicken fillets - I didn't like it ... a little dry .. .

And now instead of a children's room * Gardens and vegetable gardens *

and I have such an option, but yesterday it was altered ... widened to the right and hung another lamp ... and also a "spare airfield" table-book in the office ... now it is littered with documents, but after the pick it will also be a vegetable garden

[Smile]

Smile,
I already dived and tempered on the loggia every sunny day

And now instead of a children's room * Gardens and vegetable gardens *

after the pick, it will also be a vegetable garden

Are we slow to brew?

[Kalyusya]

Kalyusya,
Yeah, that's right, in 8 hours we will dive and plant everything and get dinner as a reward, today I have chicken stomachs in tomato and sour cream sauce, they will be ready by 6 pm.
This is not a pressure cooker for us, I really put it down here and the day is free